Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits

[u/screwdriverfan]

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/microsoft-patents-system-to-freeze-games-and-inject-ads-during-downtimes-watching-commercials-earns-ad-free-playtime-credits

[u/Daharka]

I saw comments on Reddit when Microsoft were rolling back some of their bullshit on Windows saying something to the tune that Microsoft had "realised their mistake" and were now "listening".

They never learn. They never listen. They have nothing but contempt for you.

[u/Hexamancer → u/Daharka]

There's also a very common strategy of introducing something egregious, knowing it will be hated, dialing back the worst parts, but it's still worse than before, but then the end users are thankful that it's not as bad as it was initially and feel like they got a win by getting the company to retreat back. 

Except the final version was what they wanted to introduce all along.

[u/aVarangian → u/Hexamancer]

ah, the Putinist strategy